Ben ActonBen Acton flips a coin to decide whether to captain Australia in Ice Hockey at the 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Olympics or Field Hockey at the 1960 Rome Olympics.
Bill Burton addresses studentsOlympic silver medallist Bill Burton (1960 swimming) addresses students from Albany Creen State High School about his life involvement in sport for 2011 Olympic Day.
Burton at Albany CreekOlympic silver medallist, Bill Burton (Swimming 1960) visiting Albany Creek State High School for 2011 Olympic Day and spoke about his life time involvement in sport. Bill brought along his Olympic Torch from the Sydney 2000 Games.
Taken to the MatRome 1960: Hans Marte of Austria and Sam Parker of Australia get to grips in a featherweight wrestling bout. The eventual winner was Marte whose face is hidden.
Walking Redemption in RomeRome 1960: British athlete Don Thompson leads in the 50km walk, where he won the gold medal. Having collapsed in the heat at the previous games in Melbourne, Australia, he had trained for Rome by creating a steam-room effect in his bathroom and walking up and down on the bathmat.
200m Podium FinishRome 1960: The medal winners of the women's 200m sprint accept their medals. In the centre is Wilma Rudolph of the United States with her gold medal, and competitors Dorothy Hyman (left) and G Leone (right) .
Young Aussie a Home Grown HeroRome 1960: Australian swimmer John Konrads, at 17 years old, becomes a national hero at these Games taking home three medals: gold in the 1500m, bronze in the 400m freestyle and bronze in the 4x200m relay.
Pride on the PodiumRome 1960: Medal ceremony for the men's 100m freestyle swimming competition. (From left) Lance Larson (USA) wins silver, Australia's John Devitt (centre) wins the gold medal, and Dos Sants (BRA) wins the bronze.
Sixth Place FinishRome 1960: A hockey match in progress between Australia and Pakistan at the Stadia del Marmi. Pakistan won 3-0. Australia finished in sixth place.
Aussie's Go Down to PakistanRome 1960: Australian goalkeeper, Lou Hailey, watches the progress of the ball from an attack by Pakistan, as Australia meet Pakistan in the men's hockey competition. Pakistan won 3-0.
Elliott's Photo FinishRome 1960: Photographers capture Australian athlete Herb Elliot winning the final of the men's 1500m, and setting a new world record of 3 minutes 35.6 seconds.
Herb Elliott in ActionRome 1960: Australia's athletics hero Herb Elliott runs in the 1500m race and takes home the gold medal.
Equestrian PodiumRome 1960: The medal ceremony for the equestrian individual three-day event. (From left) Neale Lavis (AUS) wins the silver medal, Laurie Morgan (AUS) wins the gold medal and Anton Buehler (SUI) wins the bronze medal.
In Pool CelebrationsRome 1960: Australia's Dawn Fraser (right) is congratulated in the water by G. Von Saltza (USA) after equalling the world record when she won the 100m freestyle final. Frasers's winning time was 61.2 seconds.
Aussie Swimming TrioRome 1960: From left, Australian swimmers Ilsa Konrads, Dawn Frazer, and Lorraine Crapp smile and pose together after they were selected to compete for Australia in the Rome 1960 Olympics. The trio made up three of the four members of women's 4x100m freestyle relay team (along with Alva Colquhoun) which took home the silver medal. Fraser also won gold in the 100m freestyle and was on the silver medal-winning team in the 4x100m medley relay.
Boxing PodiumRome 1960: The medal winners for light heavyweight boxing on the winners' podium: Cassius Clay (now Muhammad Ali) (centre) with his gold medal; Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland (right) with silver; and Giulio Saraudi (Italy) and Anthony Madigan (Australia), joint bronze.
Individual and Team GoldRome 1960: Australian equestrian team members (from left) Laurie Morgan, John Kelly, Neale Lavis, Bill Roycroft and Brian Crago. Morgan won the individual three-day gold medal, and he, Lavis and Roycroft won the team event.
